But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little child’s.
然而,人仍会被引离逼近的毁灭:一只手伸进他们的手中,轻轻领他们走向宁静明亮的地方,使他们不再回望;那只手,也许属于一个小孩子。
— George Eliot · Silas Marner · Chapter XIV —